fishing with blue bottles
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Topic: fishing with blue bottles
Posted By: OLDMANHADS
Subject: fishing with blue bottles
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2013 at 6:48pm
| I headed out for a fish on the weekend, and came across a large area where the bluebottles were congregating. i decided to move on and find a clear patch, but do they actually have an impact on your fishing? do they attract any certain species? Or deter any? or doesnt matter? |
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Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2013 at 2:12pm
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because they are wind assisted i doubt you will find too may fish in attendance Hadleigh.... finding a group like that would mean to me, they have been caught in a vortex of some sort... i guess if enough covered a large area though it could act like a fad to some fish and they might be tempted to try hiding under them, but once the wind got up again it would be hard work for most bait fish to keep up with them... ------------- Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing |
Posted By: Gowest
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2013 at 2:17pm
| I cant imagine that they would attract any fish at all really |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2013 at 7:10pm
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They do tend to end up in rather tight packed groups at time, quite strange! I don't know if they affect fishing. |
Posted By: OLDMANHADS
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2013 at 7:38pm
Thanks for the input guys. Looks like I made the right choice in moving on, tho saying that there didnt seem to be any fish anywhere that day 
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